Eye Knowledge Network

In collaboration with the Pennsylvania College of Optometry we welcome you to our Optometric Continuing Education courses. All of the courses listed below have received Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) approval.

The courses may be viewed at no cost.

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2 CE COPE Approved Credits

COPE course ID: 27227-

$45.00

Managing Lasik Complications 2010

Jim Owen

28 views, 0 comments, published 2010/2/18

Laser vision correction has had FDA approval in the United States for over ten years. In that time the technology has change and so have the complications. This course will review the complications that are most common in laser vision correction patients in 2010. The course describes how to identify and treat complications such as dry eye, diffuse lamellar keratitis and infections. Brief cases and clinical photographs are used to illustrated proper treatment of laser vision correction complications.

2 CE COPE Approved Credits

COPE course ID: 27174-FV

$45.00

Applying research in Amblyopia to clinical practice

Leonard Press

76 views, 0 comments, published 2010/1/19

This course presents an overview of research in amblyopia during this decade. Particular emphasis will be placed on the PEDIG (Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group) NEI funded multicenter trials. The goals of the course are to summarize the research while considering how applicable its outcomes are to clinical practice. There are many variables in successfully treating patients with amblyopia in clinical practice, not all of which can or should be controlled the way they are in clinical trials.

2 CE COPE Approved Credits

COPE course ID: 25448-CL

$45.00

Infiltrative Complications of Contact Lens Wear

Joel Silbert

923 views, 2 comments, published 2009/7/1

Corneal infiltrates that make their presence with contact lens wear may occur from a variety of benign sources, such as environmental factors, contact lens solution sensitivity, dirty lenses, and from “normal” bacterial flora that are present in the tears and on the lids. They may also be harbingers of more severe inflammatory conditions, and in some cases signs of frank corneal infection that may lead to permanent visual loss.

2 CE COPE Approved Credits

COPE course ID: 25620-SD

$45.00

Detection and Diagnosis of Retinal Disease Invisible to Ophthalmoscopy

Jerome Sherman

980 views, 0 comments, published 2009/6/25

This course discusses occult (hidden) retinal diseases, their traditional methods of diagnosis and how new technologies (SD-OCT, mfERG, FAF and Panoramic AFA) are aiding and even changing the way these diseases can be diagnosed and managed.

2 CE COPE Approved Credits

COPE course ID: 25678-SD

$45.00

Neil Notaroberto

1013 views, 0 comments, published 2009/6/18

Physiologic review of the importance and function of Vitamin D, Omega-3 fatty acids, folic acid, pyridoxine and cyanocobalamin is delineated in an effort to understand the connection between retinal physiology and these elements. The recent findings of these elements in relation to age-related macular degeneration is detailed.

2 CE COPE Approved Credits

COPE course ID: 25432-PH

$45.00

Management of Ocular Pain and Inflammation

Bruce Onofrey

1417 views, 3 comments, published 2009/6/8

A thorough review of the indications, contraindications, side effects and dosages of major analgesic/anti-inflammatory agents will be given. Drug selection criteria of both narcotic and non-narcotic medications are discussed.

1 CE COPE Approved Credit

COPE course ID: 24867-RS

$25.00

The Optometrist's GPS To Refractive Technology

Marc Bloomenstein

710 views, 0 comments, published 2009/4/9

This course will use case reports to highlight clinical decisions in refractive technology. Much like a G.P.S. system can provide alternative routes, the OD needs to be prepared to help guide the patient through similar refractive detours.

1 CE COPE Approved Credit

COPE course ID: 24960-PD

$25.00

Dry Eye and Lid Disease - Should We Be More Proactive?

John Schachet

691 views, 0 comments, published 2009/3/30

Dry Eye conditions have plagued our patients for decades along with various lid conditions such as levels of blepharitis and meibomitis. We have been more proactive in dry eye treatment in recent years but the real question is whether we have paid enough attention to the root causes of this disease process with emphasis on the eyelids. We understand that ocular surface disease is multi-factorial but this course will emphasize our need to be more proactive in treating all forms of this surface disease process.

1 CE COPE Approved Credit

COPE course ID: 24845-PD

$25.00

Clinical Insights into the Diagnosis of Glaucoma

Murray Fingeret

668 views, 0 comments, published 2009/3/19

This course will discuss the steps used in establishing the diagnosis of glaucoma. The different tests (history, tonometry, optic nerve, visual fields, imaging, gonioscopy) will be described and how each is incorporated into the decision making process. The concept of using multiple tests to corroborate whether loss is present will also be described.

1 CE COPE Approved Credit

COPE course ID: 24494-NO

$25.00

The Photoreceptor Mosaic and Resolution Limits

Aris Pallikaris

573 views, 0 comments, published 2009/3/2

This continuing education course will better inform the practitioner the basics as well as intermediate level of information regarding retinal anatomy of both the rods and cones. Observations are drawn from this information as to the anatomical effects on vision and perception.

1 CE COPE Approved Credit

COPE course ID: 24505-RS

$25.00

Cataract Co-Management of IOLs

Ken Lebow

690 views, 0 comments, published 2009/2/25

This course will review recent advances in cataract extraction, intra-ocular lens design and optometric co-management emphasizing pre-operative lens care, lens developments, practitioner recommendations and post-operative care. Special emphasis will be given to custom IOL designs like multifocal and toric IOLs.

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